Tres Leches Cake Recipe

Name: Tres Leches Cake Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 12 people
Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp salt; 5 eggs; 1 cup sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/3 cup whole milk; 12 oz evaporated milk; 9 oz sweetened condensed milk; 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream; 2 cups heavy whipping cream; 2 Tbsp granulated sugar; 1 cup berries

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Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Additional Time
1 hr
Total Time
2 hrs
Servings
12 people
Calories
415 kcal

Tres Leches Cake Recipe

Colin Brown

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Tres Leches Cake has a soft and ultra-moist crumb. It is soaked with a 3 milk mixture and topped with a lightly sweetened whipped cream.

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Ingredients:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
5 eggs (large)
1 cup sugar divided into 3/4 and 1/4 cups
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup whole milk

Syrup:

12 oz evaporated milk
9 oz sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

Frosting:

2 cups heavy whipping cream
2 Tbsp granulated sugar
1 cup berries to garnish, optional

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Instructions

How to Make Tres Leches Cake Base:

Preheat the oven to 350 °F and butter a 9x13 casserole pan. Set up three mixing bowls.
In a large bowl, sift together 1 cup flour, 1 1/2 tsp baking powder, and 1/4 salt. Separate egg whites and yolks into the other two bowls.
Beat egg yolks with 3/4 cup sugar with an electric mixer on high speed, until yolks are a pale yellow (2 minutes). Stir in 1/3 cup milk and 1 tsp vanilla.
Beat egg whites on high speed until soft peaks form (1 minute). With the mixer on, pour in remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat on high speed until egg whites are stiff but not dry (1 minute)
Pour egg yolk mixture over the flour mixture and combine gently with a spatula.
Gently fold in egg white mixture with the spatula until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan and spread to even out the surface and bake at 350˚F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

For the 3-Milk Syrup:

In a large measuring cup (or a bowl with a pouring lip), combine 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream, 12 oz evaporated milk and 9 oz condensed milk. When the cake is cool, pierce the surface all over with a fork. Slowly drizzle the milk mixture over the cake.

To Make the Whipped Cream Frosting:

Pour 2 cups cold heavy whipping cream and 2 Tbsp sugar into a large chilled mixing bowl and beat on high speed 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until thick, whipped and spreadable. Spread over the cake with a spatula then decorate with berries if desired.